BUTT-SHAFT, OR BUTT-BOLT. An arrow without a barb, used for shooting at
a butt.
BUTT-SLINGING A BOWSPRIT. _See_ SLINGS.
BUXSISH. A gratuity, in oriental trading.
BUZZING. Sometimes used for _booming_ (which see).
BY. On or close to the wind.--_Full and by_, not to lift or shiver the
sails; rap-full.
BY AND LARGE. To the wind and off it; within six points.
BYKAT. A northern term for a male salmon of a certain age, because of
the beak which then grows on its under-jaw.
BYLLIS. An old spelling for _bill_ (which see).
BYRNIE. Early English for body-armour.